The Rotary Club of Tortola has raised some $45,000 which will be used to improve the services at the blood bank laboratory located at the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital. The Rotary Club said the funds were raised in partnership […]
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Gov’t plans to ‘go hard’ to complete agenda before elections
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has vowed to push through on the government’s agenda ahead of expected general elections next year. The Premier was asked at a recent press whether there were any concrete plans on how his government plans to […]
HOA decides on residency certificates for jury pool expansion
The government has decided persons who meet the new 10-year residency requirement for inclusion in jury panels must first have a residency certificate. This was determined as legislators met to deliberate and pass the Jury Act recently. The amended Jury Act was one of […]
UK agency to provide report on making BVI waters safer
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said the BVI is set to receive a report from the United Kingdom (UK) that will assist the territory in making its waters safer. Following the boat accident in October that left a woman and a […]
Unity Gov’t honeymoon over? Fraser promises to ‘heat things up’
Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has promised that the public will now be seeing more of the parliamentary opposition. Fraser gave that indication during a recent community meeting held in the First District last week. “I have not been the ‘opposition’ […]
BVI’s first ‘special education’ policy coming soon
Education Minister Shari de Castro said her Ministry is in the final stages of drafting the territory’s first Special Education Policy aimed at improving the learning experience of children with exceptional abilities. De Castro said the policy will cater for […]
Cindy Rosan and Tola Radio mend fences
Social commentator Cindy Rosan has announced that she has dropped the lawsuit against Tola Radio and Floyd ‘Heritage’ Burnett who hosts the popular programme, Morning Braff on that platform. In July this year, Rosan announced that she had filed a […]
BVI at brink of abyss, Dr Pickering warns
Months after the release of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report, former Deputy Premier Dr Kedrick Pickering has said the BVI is no longer at the proverbial crossroads, but is now staring into an abyss. The COI report initially recommended […]
‘We are small but mighty’! Charity Rymer speaks in UK parliament
If Charity Rymer’s presentation in the United Kingdom (UK) House of Commons is anything to go by, the BVI’s future is looking quite bright. The young Virgin Islander who resides in the UK, delivered an address to the UK Youth […]
I’m not that stupid! Pickering says he won’t run as independent
Former Deputy Premier Dr Kedrick Pickering has argued that party politics has failed the BVI and said the territory has now come to a place where it needs to have more “independent minded thinking people”. However he wanted to assure […]
